The magazine of American history with notes and queries . ^/w,w, *«^£ ^ JL^M^ JtifasL *^4f^ <££<#««. ;6 NOTES NOTES Lord ellenborough and the band-boxes—Lord Ellenborough, Chief Jus-tice of England, was once about to go onthe circuit, when Lady Ellenborough saidshe should like to accompany him. Hereplied that he had no objections pro-vided she did not encumber the carriagewith bandboxes, which were his utterabhorrence. During the first daysjourney Lord Ellenborough, happeningto stretch his legs, struck his foot againstsomething below the seat. He discov-ered that it was a bandbox. Up wen
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . ^/w,w, *«^£ ^ JL^M^ JtifasL *^4f^ <££<#««. ;6 NOTES NOTES Lord ellenborough and the band-boxes—Lord Ellenborough, Chief Jus-tice of England, was once about to go onthe circuit, when Lady Ellenborough saidshe should like to accompany him. Hereplied that he had no objections pro-vided she did not encumber the carriagewith bandboxes, which were his utterabhorrence. During the first daysjourney Lord Ellenborough, happeningto stretch his legs, struck his foot againstsomething below the seat. He discov-ered that it was a bandbox. Up wentthe window, and out went the coachman stopped, and the footmanthinking that the bandbox had tumbledout of the window by some extraordinarychance, was going to pick it up, whenLord Ellenborough furiously called out, drive on ! The bandbox accordinglywas left by the ditch side. Havingreached the country town where he wasto officiate as judge, Lord Ellenboroughproceeded to array himself for his appear-ance in the court-house. Now, saidhe, <l wheres my wig? ei My lord,replied his attenda
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